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fanatic

Pronunciation: /fəˈnatɪk/

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Definition of fanatic

noun

a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause: religious fanatics
informal a person with an obsessive interest in and enthusiasm for a particular activity:a fitness fanatic

adjective

filled with or expressing excessive zeal:his eyes had a fanatic iciness

Derivatives

fanaticize

Origin:

mid 16th century (as an adjective): from French fanatique or Latin fanaticus 'of a temple, inspired by a god', from fanum 'temple'. The adjective originally described behaviour that might result from possession by a god or demon, hence the earliest sense of the noun 'a religious maniac' (mid 17th century)

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